Louis Armstrong, born in New Orleans in 1901 ... Son of New Orleans Armstrong, who would tour the world as an ambassador for jazz, started performing as a boy on the streets of his hometown ...

The most admired, desirable and attractive people and things, those that are universally deemed cool, have been part of the ...

In 1961, everybody knew Louis “Satchmo” Armstrong. He was the “ambassador of jazz”, touring the world playing his hot jazz ...

Through 'A Wonderful World,' a new generation is getting to know the man who showed us what a wonderful place the world could ...

Tony award-winning actor James Monroe Iglehart firmly captures the exuberance and warmth of Armstrong and takes the audience through the famed musician’s life.

sending jazz ambassador Louis Armstrong to Congo to deflect attention from the CIA-backed coup. Director Johan Grimonprez captures the moment when African politics and American jazz collided in ...

As with any subject, history can be explored in a number of ways. In high school and college, students might study it through ...

The building was composed as a contemporary place for education, entertainment, and research, containing the 60,000-piece Louis Armstrong Archive (the world's largest for any jazz musician) and a ...

Louis Armstrong—the world’s most famous jazz musician—was an international celebrity who could have lived anywhere. Yet in 1943, he and his wife, Lucille, settled in a modest house in Corona ...